Washington: Noted hotelier Sant Chatwal on Friday termed as baseless allegations that he was involved in the cash-for-vote scam dating back to the 2008 trust-vote against UPA-1. "During that time - June, July and August - I was never in India. I was only here (in the US). I had no communication with the Prime Minister's Office or with anybody including Akali Dal. It (the WikiLeaks allegation) was the biggest...
09:52 AM, Mar 18, 2011
New Delhi: The United States Of America had tried to woo the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) at the cost of the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance (UPA) coalition on the Indo-US civil nuclear deal issue. According to the latest WikiLeaks cables reported by 'The Hindu' on Friday, Washington was so keen on a nuclear deal with India that its then ambassador David C Mulford worked to "put Sonia Gandhi in a...
09:27 AM, Mar 18, 2011
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if the WikiLeaks revelations are legally admissible. ...
11:19 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Somnath Chatterjee said that investigations should be held in refernce to WikiLeaks allegations as it is a very serious thing to happen. ...
10:32 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: For Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, the latest revelations couldn't have come at a worse time. Already under siege on the 2G scam, the latest Wikileaks revelations that cash was exchanged to win the crucial trust vote in 2008 now raises more troubling questions. Singh is King was the slogan at that time. A much-fought-for win in the 2008 trust vote gave Manmohan Singh a reason to smile. Three...
10:20 PM, Mar 17, 2011
The WikiLeaks revelations are embarrasingin but if you look at the facts it is laughable, says Rashtriya Lok Dal leader Ajit Singh. ...
09:59 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: The scam-hit UPA faces another blow as the Opposition parties unite to pull the Government down after the latest Wikileaks cable revelations on cash-for-vote controversy. "This Government has no authority to continue. They must resign immediately," said Jaitley. The pictures of BJP MPs showing bundles of notes, which they alleged were given to them as bribe during the trust vote over the Indo-US nuclear deal in 2008, have...
09:41 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Unfazed by the united Opposition attack over Wikileaks reports, Congress on Thursday dismissed demands for Prime Minister Manmohan Singh's resignation, accusing its detractors of indulging in "irresponsible" politics and "destabilising" the country. Hailing Singh as a "spotless Prime Minister", party spokesperson Abhishek Singhvi said the reports on US diplomatic cables were "unverified leaks without any corroborative authentication" and "outlandish allegations not worth dignifying with a response". He also...
07:07 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: Armed with the Wikileaks expose about 2008 trust vote, the Opposition on Thursday closed ranks in demanding the immediate resignation of the government, contending that it has lost moral right to continue as the country's democracy has been "maligned". NDA and Left along with other Opposition parties like Samajwadi Party, TDP and JD(S), which disrupted Parliament over the issue, launched a frontal attack on Prime Minister Manmohan Singh...
05:57 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: National Democratic Alliance (NDA) leader LK Advani on Thursday asked Prime Minister Manmohan Singh to quit "forthwith" and said he had lost the right to govern after leaked US diplomatic cables revealed that the Congress paid off opposition MPs to win a trust vote in 2008. "The NDA demands that UPA government has no moral right to continue and it should quit," the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader...
05:04 PM, Mar 17, 2011
Tonight at 10 Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if the WikiLeaks revelations are legally admissible.
02:30 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: A new WikiLeaks revelation that the ruling Congress-led United Progressive Alliance paid some MPs to vote in favour of the trust vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal in July 2008, led to an angry Opposition shouting down the government in both houses of Parliament on Thursday demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh. Here's what the government and the Opposition said in Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha:...
01:22 PM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: The Opposition cornered the Congress-led United Progressive Alliance Government in both houses of Parliament on Thursday over the WikiLeaks cables which claim that the ruling alliance paid some MPs to vote in favour of the trust vote on the Indo-US nuclear deal in July 2008 during its first term. There was ruckus in Parliament over the publication of India cables of WikiLeaks in 'The Hindu' with Opposition MPs...
11:34 AM, Mar 17, 2011
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11:05 AM, Mar 17, 2011
New Delhi: The WikiLeaks India cables have produced some more explosive details. The latest one is on the controversial voting on the 2008 Indo-US civil nuclear deal. WikiLeaks says five days before the first United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government of Manmohan Singh faced a crucial vote of confidence in the Lok Sabha on the deal, Congress leader Satish Sharma's aide Nachiketa Kapur showed a US Embassy employee two chests containing...
07:59 AM, Mar 17, 2011
New documents released by WikiLeaks show that Japan had been warned of a meltdown two years ago. ...
07:40 AM, Mar 17, 2011
Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if the WikiLeaks revelations are destroying politicians' reputation. ...
10:59 PM, Mar 16, 2011
Tonight at 10 Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts if the WikiLeaks revelations are destroying politicians' reputation.
01:09 PM, Mar 16, 2011
London: Japan was warned two years ago that its safety rules were not up to date and a strong earthquake would pose a serious problem to its nuclear power stations, reveals a cable leaked by WikiLeaks. The country is now facing the prospect of a nuclear meltdown following a massive earthquake and tsunami. The Telegraph reported that an International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) official had pointed out in December 2008...
11:04 AM, Mar 16, 2011
On Talking Point, Rajdeep Sardesai asks, 'Is Indian foreign policy being run by the Americans?' ...
10:16 PM, Mar 15, 2011
